Improvement in iron pence



A. TERRY.

Iron Fence.

Patented Nov; 24, 1868.

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ANDREW TERRY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 84,318, dated November 24, 1868.

INIPROVEMIENT IN IRON FENCE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and-making part of the same.

To .all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW TERRY, of Waterbury, county .of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new aml'useful Improve ments in Iron Fences; and to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe its construction, referring to the drawings, in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of the figures.

The nature of this invention will be understood from the specification and drawings, the object of which is to produce. a cheap and durable fence, that will retain its proper or desired position, and comparatively secure against the action of frost. I In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a side elevation.

Figure 2 is an edge view.

Figure 3 is a top view.'

cis the post proper.

a is the stump of the post.

c are metal tube-rails, which form connection from one post to the other.

(I d are double collars. One collar, (Z, is formedor united to the side of the other, at nearly. right angle therewith. One of these collars, cl, is fitted to the body of the posts a, and the other, (1, receives and supports the rail c. These collars are secured at their proper height on the posts by setting up the metal from the post, by means or use of cold-chisel or other like familiar appliance.

e are balusters or pickets, having nearly half-circle clasps, f f, formed thereon, which grapple, one, f, over the upper side of the upper rail,'the other, f, around the under side of the bottom rail, and alternately 'vioe verse, if desirable.

The posts or the stump a are made or formed of cast-metal, having a plate-flange at its base, and supporting ribs h.

The rails are composed of common tubing, and it is designed in practice to unite or secure the parts together, collars and piping, by screw-threads in the collars, and on the tubing.

The post a is cast into the body of the stump a.

It will thus be seen that, in this way, a neat and cheap fence can be produced, and that it can be firmly secured in the ground without the use of stone, as is required in the ordinary way. in setting iron fences.

I believe I have thus shown the nature, construction, and and advantage of this improvement, so as to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same therefrom.

What I claim, therefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the posts and stumps a. a, with the collars d d, tube-rail c, and pickets e, substantially as shown and descn'bed, and for the purpose set forth.

ANDREW TERRY. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

E. W. BLIss, JEREMY W. Buss. 

